food to gather round

e got knocked down by a nasty cold this last week. Poor little G sat on the couch for two days moaning and even Trent, who never seems effected by illness, complained of feeling horribly. Luckily, we are on the mend now and doing much better. I look forward to getting a full night’s sleepRead more

he name for this blog came from my BFA project. It was all about my memories surrounding food while growing up. While working on that project I realised just how much food brings us together. I want to start a new series on the blog bringing other bloggers and food lovers together through their ownRead more

‘ve been cooped up the last couple of days and not because of the weather. Little G has had a nasty cold. It’s so hard when your kids are sick. Most of the time you feel so helpless. It breaks my heart to see him suffer like that. On top of it all, no oneRead more

‘m sitting here, listening to Christmas music, drinking some hot cocoa (snuck a piece of soft caramel in as I heated it…um yum and so decadent), my tiny, apartment sized Christmas tree is lit next to me and I’m feeling oh so in the Christmas mood. I love this time of year. I love that now,Read more

ne of my favourite Christmas traditions is the giving of neighbour gifts. These usually are food items: cookies, bark, popcorn, caramels etc. Unless you’re over loaded with sweets, these are also fun to receive. One year my dad became a leader in our church and we got so many treats delivered to our door from churchRead more

hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. We celebrated it on Friday this year and I think it may have been the simplest Thanksgiving dinner in history. A couple of weeks back we started planning our dinner. Thanksgiving being one of my favourite holidays, I got rather excited and started prepping for the big day,Read more

appy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family across the pond! Funny thing, in England they don’t give you the day off! It’s just a normal Thursday for us. We’ll be doing our celebrating tomorrow with a few good friends. I may have to stay off social media for the day so my stomachRead more

elcome to the new blog! It has been a long time coming, and I know I have jumped ship a few times, trying to sort out what would work best, so a huge thank you to all those who have stayed with me as I have tried switched things up. Life, as usual, has beenRead more